Carte Blanche: The Podcast

Fight to Survive

They were diagnosed with rare diseases that medical aids should cover. But to their horror, their medical aid schemes declined their claims. Now, parents are fighting to save their children’s lives.

15 Sep 2022 12 min

Champions of Africa

Theirs was the Cinderella story for the ages. With almost no financial support, Banyana Banyana rose to become giants of Africa. But can their WAFCON cup victory finally turn their fortunes around?

14 Sep 2022 12 min

The Long Shadow of Marikana

In August 2012, 34 miners were gunned down by police in Marikana. Ten years on, and with access to never-before-seen documents, we investigate how the Marikana massacre heralded a new decade of police brutality and impunity in South Africa.

13 Sep 2022 13 min

Collateral Damage

A strict hospital policy, vulnerable newborn babies in the neonatal intensive care unit, and the furious parents seemingly denied access to their critically ill babies…

12 Sep 2022 16 min

Reviving SA's Health

Government healthcare on a knife edge: as state coffers buckle under pressure, and medical inflation skyrockets, we debate whether the healthcare system can be revived. 

9 Sep 2022 15 min

Boss Battles

From KZN to Gauteng and the Western Cape... taxi violence is rife. It’s a brutal industry and it’s all about money. Securing a route could mean having to eliminate the competition... 

8 Sep 2022 12 min

Spacing Out

It is deep-space photography like we’ve never seen before. How the new James Webb Space Telescope is finding distant planets in far-off galaxies, and looking for atmospheres that could sustain life.

7 Sep 2022 11 min

Healthcare Heroes

Commitment, leadership, teamwork: how some crumbling state hospitals managed to turn things around. But is there a blueprint to save state healthcare? 

6 Sep 2022 13 min

Weaponizing the Police PLUS Elton Hart Extended

Arrested on an allegation with no corroborating evidence, then locked up in one of SA’s most notorious prisons... Are police being used to settle personal scores?

5 Sep 2022 28 min

Follow the Manganese Road

Black dust from the Kalahari… Why everyone from politicians to beauty kings is jumping on the manganese bandwagon. But who will pay for the damaged infrastructure all along the manganese road?

3 Sep 2022 25 min

EXTRA To Hell with Shell

It's a monumental judgment that many environmental groups and fishing communities had hoped for - the granting of exploration rights along the Wild Coast to oil giant Shell has been deemed unlawful. So, what does this mean for other planned seismic surveys, and what's next in this great David-versus-Goliath battle?…

2 Sep 2022 21 min

National Health Crisis

Over half of the money SA spends on healthcare goes to only 16% of the people. The inequality is crippling. Can National Health Insurance – due by 2026 – truly save healthcare?

31 Aug 2022 12 min

Naked and Afraid

He is the first South African to ever successfully complete the hit-reality TV show Naked And Afraid. But at what cost? 

30 Aug 2022 11 min

The Ultimate Price

Betrayal, persecution, and the assassination of a police detective who was disrupting Cape Town’s criminal underworld. How Lt-Col Charl Kinnear paid the ultimate price.

29 Aug 2022 14 min

SA People Skinders with Derek Watts

From small cars to 80s hairstyles, and Carte Blanche: The Podcast - investigative television icon Derek Watts sits down for a chat about anything and everything with the feel-good crew from SA People. 

27 Aug 2022 55 min

Of Guns and Gangs

From the streets of Khayelitsha, to a tavern in Soweto - mass shootings in South Africa have become prevalent. But with illegal guns driving the violence, can law enforcement put an end to the carnage? 

26 Aug 2022 14 min

My Name Is Reeva

It’s been nine years since the senseless and brutal death of Reeva Steenkamp at the hands of her then-boyfriend Oscar Pistorius, and it is a killing that is still deeply embedded in the minds of millions across the globe. Now, during Women’s Month and Reeva’s birthday month, M-Net will premiere…

25 Aug 2022 7 min

Lights on for Longer

As households and businesses around the country buckle under loadshedding, Cape Town is somehow managing to keep the lights on for longer. How has Cape Town managed to dodge dependance on Eskom's faltering supply? 

24 Aug 2022 11 min

Business Behind Bars

He’s behind bars for sexual assault, raping a child, accessing child pornography, exposing children to pornography, and fraud. So, how is he allegedly running a global publishing start-up from inside? 

23 Aug 2022 12 min

Medical Emergency

What’s an ambulance without vital, lifesaving equipment onboard? In the Eastern Cape, a shortage of functioning EMS vehicles means medics are struggling to help their desperately ill patients. 

22 Aug 2022 13 min